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Lori Lang spoke about the need for after-school busing for private-school students at the Central High School District’s Oct. 9 Board of Education meeting.

Private-school parents from Valley Stream call for after-school busing

Almost every day of the week, Valley Stream freshman John Valencia stays after school at Chaminade High School for various clubs. But because of local school district busing policies, he routinely struggles to find a way back home. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/18/18

Students in Valley Stream continued to opt out of the New York State English Language Arts and mathematics tests this year.

Roughly half of Valley Stream students are proficient, state test data shows

Students throughout the Valley Stream Central High School District continued to refuse to take the seventh- and eighth-grade State English Language Arts and mathematics tests last spring. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/4/18

Anthony Cruz served as the student liaison to the board for the first time at the district’s Aug. 28 meeting.

Anthony Cruz starts stint as student liaison

The Aug. 28 Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education meeting served as Central High School senior Anthony Cruz’s debut as the board’s student liaison. more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/5/18

Regents vote 14-3 to approve new test regs

With a vote of 14 to 3, the State Board of Regents has tentatively approved new regulations that would penalize districts with significant numbers of students opting out of standardized tests. more

By Erik Hawkins | 6/14/18

Valley Stream budgets, propositions pass

All four of the Valley Stream school districts’ budgets passed in the election on May 15. more

By Melissa Koenig | 5/15/18

Superintendent Bill Heidenreich presented the district’s proposed 2018-19 budget at a Central High School/Memorial Junior High School Parent Teacher Association meeting on April 11.

Valley Stream Central High School District superintendent presents proposed $117 million budget

Valley Stream Central High School District Superintendent Bill Heidenreich and Wayne Loper, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, presented the Board of Education’s proposed $117 … more

By Melissa Koenig | 4/18/18

Kate freeman, left, is the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s assistant superintendent for business, and John DeTommaso is its superintendent.

Bellmore-Merrick District adds security, programming in budget

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will send a $159.8 million 2018-19 budget to voters on May 15, which includes a tax levy increase of 2.65 percent. The tax levy increase is gentler than the current year’s, which is 2.98 percent, according to Kate Freeman, the district’s assistant superintendent for business. more

By Erik Hawkins | 4/12/18

Melissa Koenig/Herald students from all four schools in the Valley Stream Central High School District filled the second row as they waited to express their concerns about school safety and their desire to organize a school walkout on March 14.

Parents, students share fears about security in V.S. schools

A North High School student was arrested for threatening to shoot students and staff at the school on Feb. 16. On March 1, schools in Valley Stream learned of a threat from Queens that was circulating on Snapchat. Four days later, a student at South High School posted a sticky note threatening harm to students and staff at the school. more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/14/18

Community Cupboard organizers Karin McMahon, in scarf; Darlene Boden, in red T-shirt; and Catrina Christensen, behind her, with student volunteers, recently collected donations for the Cupboard’s expansion effort.

Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard opens its doors wider to those in need

Since 2016, a service for many in the Bellmore-Merrick community has operated from a book room in the Brookside school building on Meadowbrook Road. more

By Erik Hawkins | 3/8/18

The Valley Stream Central High School District’s Board of Education listened as parents presented their solutions to edit the school-choice policy and address the perceived overcrowding at North High School.

Valley Stream Central High School District board mulls school waiver proposal

The Valley Stream Central High School District’s Board of Education listened as three members of the Citizens’ Advisory Committee presented their recommendations on the district’s school-choice policy at a committee meeting on Feb. 6. Each member represented his or her view to revise the school-choice policy, restructure the district or keep the policy as it is. more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/14/18

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